小字

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (小字)		小	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎozì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎozì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎozìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautzyh
    • Palladius: сяоцзы (sjaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² zi⁶
    • Yale: síu jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡siː²²/

Noun

小字

1. one's name as an infant; one's childhood name; a childhood nickname
2. (historical) Khitan small script

   Synonym: 契丹小字 (qìdān xiǎozì)

   Coordinate term: 大字 (dàzì)

Derived terms

• 契丹小字 (qìdān xiǎozì)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	字
こ Grade: 1	あざ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 小字 – see the following entry.

【こあざ】 [noun] koaza (Japanese administrative division)

(This term, 小字, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	字
しょう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょーじ [shòójí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːʑi]

Noun

小(しょう)字(じ) • (shōji) ^{←せうじ (seuzi)?}

1. (typography) small text

   Coordinate terms: 小字 (shōji), 大字 (daiji)

   小字(しょうじ)双行(そうぎょう)

   shōji sōgyō

   double-column small text